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"The Kyber crystal, the data on which can only be read by holocrons.""What's on the crystal?""A list of every known Force-sensitive child in the galaxy, the future younglings, the future of the Jedi Order."

The Kyber memory crystal, or simply the Kyber crystal, was a memory crystal that contained a list of all known Force-sensitivechildren in the galaxy. As it was considered to hold the future of the Jedi Order, it was highly valuable to the Jedi. The information contained in the crystal could only be accessed when placed in a holocron which, in turn, could only be opened with the Force. It was vital for the operation of the Acquisition Division of the Order, for they actively sought potential students of the Force. During the Clone Wars, the crystal was kept and protected by the RodianJedi MasterBolla Ropal. While Ropal was on Devaron, Durosbounty hunterCad Bane kidnapped him and stole the memory crystal. Later, during a mission to recover a holocron Bane had stolen from the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, Jedi KnightAnakin Skywalker was coerced into opening the holocron to save his Padawan's life. Bane then inserted the Kyber crystal into the holocron, making it possible for his client to access the information stored within. The crystal was believed destroyed, along with Bane, when the Munificent-class frigate they were on exploded. Bane survived, however, taking the crystal and holocron with him when he escaped the doomed frigate.

While departing Devaron Space, Bane's fleet was intercepted by Jedi GeneralAnakin Skywalker'sflagship, the Resolute. The bounty hunter's task force was systematically eliminated by the Venator-class Star Destroyer until only Bane's command ship remained. When Bane's Munificent-class frigate attempted to escape, the Jedi ship shot the bounty hunter's hyper drive. Skywalker and his Padawan, Ahsoka Tano, then led a team of clone troopers and boarded Bane's vessel with the intent of rescuing Master Ropal and recovering the stolen holocron and memory crystal. Once on board, the Jedi were lured into a trap by the Duros hunter. Skywalker was forced to open the holocron and let Bane insert the crystal in order to save his Padawan's life. Bane then took the completed holocron, opened an airlock to blow the two Jedi into space, and escaped. The Jedi were able to close the airlock in time and escape the doomed ship.

Cad Bane apprehends the Kyber crystal.

Bane and the memory crystal were believed to be destroyed when the frigate exploded; however, he escaped the destruction of his ship disguised in clone trooper armor aboard the same Sheathipede-class shuttle Skywalker and his team had commandeered. When Bane escaped with the crystal he captured two out of the three children he was sent to get before falling for a trap planned by Skywalker and Tano. Only after Masters Mace Windu, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Jedi Skywalker coerced Bane with the Force did the Duros take them to his hideout. Once on his space station, Windu and Kenobi were able to recover the holocron; though Bane fled after activating the security measures installed in his sanctuary. It was said that the Bane never copied the list before it was recovered by the Order.[1]

During "Cargo of Doom," Cad Bane states that the holocron contains information he's been paid to collect. This is inaccurate, as the Kyber crystal contains the actual information and the holocron is only the means of accessing the data. It is unclear if this was an oversight by the script writers or an intentional element.

Despite the name previously in The Clone Wars series referring to the memory crystal, the term "kyber crystal" would later be used to describe lightsaber crystals in the Star Wars canon after the April 2014 canon reboot.